note 74530 added to function.realpath

this won't traverse preceding directories, but it will remove all unnecessary things like multiple slashes and dot-shlashes: <?php preg_replace( '!((^|/+)\.)*/*(?=((/\.?)*$)|/)!', '', $path ); ?> ---- Server IP: 217.160.72.57 Probable Submitter: 84.155.159.76 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.realpath.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/74530 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74530/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74530/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74530/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74530/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74530/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74530/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74530 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/74530 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php